1st Day of School

Here's Rylee before going to her 1st day of kindergarten at Calvary

And here is Rylee after her 1st day of kindergarten at Calvary

She had a great day!

House Update

Here are some pictures of the house. Don't know if you can tell what's going on here because I have a hard enough time but here is the picture of the plant shelf that is by the kitchen table (for all my crap Justin says). It has a nice little arch above it so hope I like it when it is done. I have a really hard time telling how things are going to look when it is just framing.

Here is a picture of the fireplace or actually where the fireplace will be in the living room upstairs.

Here is a picture of the front with the windows.

I think all the plumbing is done and the heating guy is doing his stuff and then Justin has a walk thru with the electrical guy Wednesday morning about stuff I don't really care about. I'm glad he deals with all the boring stuff! More later.

Field Trip

So last Tuesday I got the oppurtunity to go on a field trip with TLC daycare (Rylee's school) to Tauphus Park Zoo. I know it doesn't sound like anything special but I don't get to spend everyday all day with Rylee and as a plus I got to see her with her friends and teachers. There were 2 other mothers there and then a couple of the teachers and each of us had a group of 4 kids to be in charge of. I have to say that these kids really behaved themselves. They could have gone absolutley crazy or I could have since I am not used to so many kids but they really were good. We had a good time and at the end we had a sack lunch out at the park and the kids got to run around a little bit. Here is a picture of the kids listen (very attentivley) to Miss Meg talking about the lemurs-they always listen to Miss Meg!

Here are a couple of girls in the petting zoo area (notice the my little poser in the picture) having fun playing!

Here are some cute little monkeys I saw

Lagoon '09

So we took our annual "vacation" to Lagoon the 18th-21st. We had actually met Nicole in Malad on Wednesday night and she took Rylee for a couple of days just for fun. It was kind of nice not having to do her hair in the morning but I sure do miss her when she is gone-even though it was just for a couple of days. Justin and I left Saturday morning. Our big plan for the day was the Clark Planitarium. I wasn't really sure if the kids would really like it but I had seen online that they had a 3-D film of bugs so we did go see that.

It was kind of creepy but the kids seemed to enjoy it. Then we wanted to take them to one of their star shows. I remember back when I was little seeing the Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd (all the same to me) laser show and I really liked it so we wanted to do that and the only one showing was Saturn-oh my gosh it was soooooo boring. There were some parts were the kids liked it but most of the time it was "when is this over?". Andrew did say that he really liked the Planetarium but it wasn't Rylee's favorite thing. At least I can say that it was somewhat educational.

Sunday we took the kids to Lagoon hoping that because it was Sunday it wouldn't be as busy and we were in luck because it really wasn't too bad. It was pretty humid though but what do you expect. The kids had a blast as usual and I did too. I always feel bad because my sister always lets Justin and I ride a couple of rides by ourselves while she has to wait with the kids but I sure do appreciate it. I know we go mostly for the kids and we go on some of the kid rides but it is always fun to ride the big rides. Our favorite one is Wicked. I make myself just about sick waiting in line and then after the ride I want to do it all over again but that line is always long! Every year we save Rattlesnake Rapids for last because we know we will get soaked and we don't really want to walk around wet all day. I always have fun on that one and we all just laugh and laugh and we have so much fun we do it again but it is never the same the 2nd time-we just happen to get wetter. Unfortunatley (not really)we have no pictures of us after that. We were there from when it opened at 11 until about 8:30. The kids really are troopers but by that time they were pooped! So were we.

But we asked for it all over again Monday as it was bounce back and we only had to pay $9 each to get back in. I thought it would be fun to try Lagoona Beach since I hadn't ever been there and Rylee kept asking to go to the water park. My sister wasn't able to go there so Justin and I took Andrew and Rylee. They had fun especially floating on the tubes. It wasn't as fun as I thought it would be though with the kids because they really were too little for anything fun. Even with adult supervision we couldn't take them on the big slides. So we called Nicole to come back for the rides. We made her take the kids for a little bit while Justin and I did some of the big slides. After another day of rides and even more heat add to that playing in the water which always wears you out I was dead. We called it a day at 6-even the kids were ready to go plus the park was way busier and the lines were worse. We couldn't even end the day with Rattlesnake Rapids because the line was miles long. Still a little bummed about that.

Tuesday we headed for home. I know I have said it before but I am always a little sad when it is over. You wait and wait for the fun and then it is over just like that and you have to go back to being a regular person going to work and school.

House Update

When Justin and I were building our 1st house we found we were there all the time taking pictures of the progess and just checking to see what had been done. Even though this is our 2nd time building we are doing the exact same thing. I bet the people next door and across the street think we are crazy 'cause we're there probably 4 times out of the week. Anyway here are some pretty boring pictures of what has been done.
This is day 8-foundation was complete













This is day 24-rough plumbing and sewer in

basement















Another day 24-sewer and main water line















Nothing too exciting yet but they tell us the framing will probably start this week so I am excited about that.

All Moved In....

Kind Of! Well, we are all out of our house and now living in my parents house. Thursday was a sad day for me because it was officially the last day in my house. I cried a couple of tears over my backyard that we have put so much work into and the beautiful flowering tree that I got to enjoy for all of 2 months. At least I got to see how pretty the flowers were so I will keep that tree in mind for the future. I cried a little over Rylee's room and just remembered all the preparation and excitement that we had for her arrival and I was a little teary over my red basement room downstairs because I really liked that room. Last but not least I am very sad to be leaving my neighborhood. I have some of the best neighbors around-always willing to lend a helping hand. I will miss them! But I have to remember that soon (not soon enough for me) our new house will be done and we get to start ALL OVER AGAIN!

But as of right now we are kind of living out of boxes. Most of our stuff is in storage and what we took over to my parent's house is almost unpacked. My goal was to get it done by the end of the weekend but ya know-you have to take a break every once in a while (especially since DH and I have both had our breakdowns). We spent all Saturday morning getting things unpacked and somewhat organized while Rylee got ignored. So that afternoon we took her to the zoo and funland. Alas, no pictures as I don't know where my camera is right now.

Sunday I went to church with my mom which was so weird because they have sacrament last and I am so not used to that. So when we went to Relief Society first I got sad all over again because I missed my ward that I was just getting to know. I am sure that things will start to seem normal to me. Just when I will be getting comfortable it will be time to move again! As soon as they start digging I am sure I will have pictures (if I can find my camera). Can't wait!

Daddy's Girl

So it has been a really long time since I have posted anything. I feel like the only thing I have been doing besides work is packing. It is never ending or at least it seems that way. We have about a week left in the house. We are hoping to be totally out of it Wednesday so that we can clean it really good on Thursday and the new home owners can move in Friday. I feel like we have been white trash for the last couple weeks as there is nothing on the walls and there is boxes and crap everywhere you look. Justin has been taking things to our storage unit but it still looks like my house threw up all over itself! I finally vacuumed last night which was long over due (what a difference just vacuuming makes) and cleaned my bathrooms which should have been done last weekend. How much better I feel just with that little bit of cleaning.

So last night Justin took Rylee to the Shriner's circus at Sandy Downs. I would have liked to have gone also but as posted above my house was in dire need of a little clean up. Lately Rylee has been a little Daddy's girl. She's always going up to give him a hug or telling him she's been missing him or asking him to count with her in her book or play ball. It is really cute so it was nice that they had some time together last night. She had a good time. She told me all about the clowns and how funny they were and how I should have seen it! Her dad also spoiled her with popcorn and snow cones. She loves snow cones and came home covered in it! I feel bad because I feel like she has been a little neglected this last couple of weeks as everynight we are packing so I am glad she had a night of fun. Hopefully when things settle down and the weather sticks to being nice we can have some more fun!